Texas highways: By the numbers

August 28, 2013 |Carrie Taylor

See why Texas is has the second busiest highways in the nation.

Gary Fountain/For the Chronicle

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And now I-45.

It stretches a total of 285 miles that are evenly split between rural and urban environments. This Houston artery sees about 133,000 vehicles every day just in the cities and more than 35,000 on its rural sections.

It stretches a total of 285 miles that are evenly split between rural and urban environments. This Houston artery sees about 133,000 vehicles every day just in the cities and more than 35,000 on its rural sections.